McHugh
"mchugh" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“McHugh” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,187
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mchugh · McHugh · English
McHugh · rank #34,187 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,187
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mavis
Nearest frequency peer: Mavis (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “McHugh”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Mattel
Mattel
65,817 corpus weight
- Mauritania
Mauritania
65,816 corpus weight
- Mavis
Mavis
65,815 corpus weight
- McHugh
McHugh
65,814 corpus weight
- meaningfully
meaningfully
65,812 corpus weight
- meatball
meatball
65,811 corpus weight
What this shows “McHugh” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | McHugh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “McHugh”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around McHugh, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,187 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for McHugh, with forms such as "cmhugh", "mcchugh", and "mchguh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of McCoy. The correct English form is McHugh, spelled M-C-H-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Variant of McCoy.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cmhugh
- mcchugh
- mchguh
- mchhugh
- mchuggh
- mchughh
- mchuhg
- mcuhgh
- mhcugh
- mmchugh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of McHugh - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).